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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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